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·February 23, 2021·5 min read

Seeing Schizophrenia: X-Rays Shed Light on Neural Differences

Neurons from brain tissue samples of people with schizophrenia showed greater deviation, both from neurons from samples of people without the condition and from others with schizophrenia. Researchers say the structure of the neurons is unique to each individual with schizophrenia.

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·February 23, 2021·5 min read

Novel Neurofeedback Helps in Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders

Neurofeedback study reveals when people review their brain patterns in real-time, they are able to regulate activity in specific brain regions.

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·February 23, 2021·4 min read

Seasonal Variation in Daylight Influences Brain Function

The seasonal duration of daylight influences the number of opioid receptors in the brain. The findings shed new light on a potential mechanism behind seasonal affective disorder.

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·February 22, 2021·4 min read

Politics and the Brain: Attention Perks up When Politicians Break With Party Lines

Neuroimaging study reveals that when politicians take politically incongruent stances, people show stronger activation in the insula and anterior cingulate.

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·February 22, 2021·2 min read

Distorting Memories Helps the Brain Remember

The brain exaggerates differences between similar events in order to encode them in memory. This results in divergent brain activity that allows for better memory performance.

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·February 17, 2021·4 min read

COVID-19 Linked to Potentially Dangerous Eye Abnormalities

A new, lasting consequence of COVID-19 infection has been identified. Researchers report they have identified significant abnormalities in the eyes of those with severe coronavirus infection.

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·February 17, 2021·3 min read

Altered Brain Connectivity After Prolonged Anesthesia

Prolonged anesthesia significantly alters the synaptic architecture of the brain, regardless of age.

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·February 12, 2021·5 min read

The Neurocognitive Basis of Bias Against People Who Look Different

Neuroimaging revealed when people saw an anomalous face, the fusiform gyri and amygdala showed significant neural responses. Activity in a region of the left amygdala, which correlated with less pro-social responses to the anomalous face, appeared to relate to the participant's belief about justice in the world and their degree of empathetic concern.

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·February 11, 2021·4 min read

Brain Activity Can Reveal the Severity of Autistic Traits

A new mathematical approach is able to predict the severity of autism traits from brain activity data.

This shows brain scans of people with alzheimers and lbd

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·February 5, 2021·4 min read

Imaging of a Living Brain Can Help Clearly Differentiate Between Two Types of Dementia

Combining PET neuroimaging with a specific intravenous radioactive compound allows researchers to distinguish Lewy Body Dementia from Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's in brain scans.